Gillywater

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> You can either use the translation for "clove" (the spice) and add
> "flower" or you can look up the Russian name for the genus(?)
> caryophyllum. Or use the Russian word for "carnation" since 
> carnations are sometimes called gillyflowers. 


zanooda:

Interestingly enough, both "clove" and "carnation" are translated into
Russian with the same word :-).

 
> Carol, who pronounced "gillyflower" with a hard "g" for unknown
> reasons till she learned that the "g" was soft.


zanooda, who didn't even know the word "gillyflower" until a few days
ago :-).